Template:Interlanguage link
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This template links conditionally to pages on non-English Wikipedias. If the specified article does not exist on the English Wikipedia, this template intentionally displays a red link to that anticipated but still-nonexistent article, followed by link(s) to the specified article(s) on the non-English Wikipedia(s), shown under the corresponding language code(s), in brackets. Hovering over a non-English link displays the name of the article on the non-English Wikipedia, as normal. Links to non-English Wikipedia articles are always blue; it is up to the editor to make sure they link to the intended article.
If the specified article exists (that is, after the anticipated article has been created) on the English Wikipedia, this template will only show the blue link to that article, and no longer to the non-English link(s).
This template should not be used in hatnotes as red links should not be present in hatnotes.
Usage[change source]
There are several ways of using this template. It can produce links to one or more specific languages, Magnus Manske's Reasonator, or to the Wikidata table of languages.
The shortcut {{ill}} may be used.
A full list of language codes can be found at List of Wikipedias#Detailed list.
As of February 2016[update], if there is a redirect for the term in English Wikipedia, both the redirected (blue) link and interlanguage link(s) are displayed. This is why "casa" appears as a bluelink in the example below.
Where there are multiple interlanguage links readers may be confused about their purpose. The template {{interlanguage link info}} may be placed at the head of a page or section.
Link to one foreign language[change source]
To link to a foreign language article with the same title as the English Wikipedia, the parameters are:
{{ill|Article title|language code}}
{{ill|Hanning Schröder|de}}gives Hanning Schröder
To link to a foreign language article with a different title, the parameters are:
{{ill|English article title|language code|Title in foreign language}}
{{ill|Hooglede town hall|nl|Gemeentehuis van Hooglede}}gives Hooglede town hall
Link to multiple languages[change source]
To link to multiple languages with the same title as the English language page, the titles of the page are not necessary; the parameters are:
{{ill|English article title|language 1 code|language 2 code|...}}
{{ill|casa|es||it||ro||de|haus}}gives casa
To link to multiple language articles, the parameters are:
{{ill|English article title|language 1 code|Title in language 1|language 2 code|Title in language 2|...}}
{{ill|Olena Chaplynska|uk|Олена Чаплинська|ru|Чаплинская, Гелена|ja|モトローナ・チャプリーンシカ}}gives Olena Chaplynska
Link to Reasonator and Wikidata[change source]
To link to the Wikidata table of languages in which the article is available, the parameters are:
{{ill|Article title in English Wikipedia|WD=Wikidata item code}}
{{ill|Jokery|WD=Q131138}}gives Jokery
All links to other Wikipedias are ignored if |WD= is present.
To link to Reasonator, add any value for the parameter |reasonator=. If a Wikidata item is linked, then the Reasonator link goes to the page for that item; if not, then a search is performed on Reasonator for that item.
| Input | Output |
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{{ill|Jokery|WD=Q131138|reasonator=1}} |
Jokery |
{{ill|Jokery|reasonator=1}} |
Jokery |
Modifying the display[change source]
Displaying different text[change source]
To create a piped link (text displayed that is different from the title of the page to which the text links), use the |lt= parameter (which stands for "link text"). This is useful if disambiguation is necessary, for example to hide the (botanist) in Charles Darwin (botanist):
{{ill|Charles Darwin (botanist)|lt=Charley Darwin|fr|Charles Darwin|de|Charles Darwin|es|Charles Darwin}}gives Charley Darwin
Do not use {{!}} to create piped links: {{ill|Maze (band){{!}}Mazy|...}} is not equivalent to {{ill|Maze (band)|lt=Mazy|...}}. The former will not cause the foreign language links to disappear when the English article exists.
Forcing links[change source]
To display the interlanguage links even if the English Wikipedia article exists, add any of the values 1, y, yes or force for the parameter |display=.
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
{{ill|Joke|fr|Blague|hu|Vicc|de|Witz}} |
Joke |
{{ill|Joke|fr|Blague|hu|Vicc|de|Witz|display=1}} |
Joke |
This feature should not be used in articles under most circumstances. However, in pages that are primarily lists of pages that link to the same language, it might be desirable all links on a page should link to other languages whether or not an English page exists. This feature can also be used as a work-around to eliminate expensive parser function calls.
Remove bold formatting from links[change source]
Usually the display of the Interlanguage or Wikidata or the Reasonator (the "appended link") are in normal font, but if the appended link is for example in a title line of table, then along with the rest of the line the appended link will be bold. In such circumstances the appended link can be set to display unbolded by adding any value for the parameter |nobold=.
| Input | Output |
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'''{{ill|Charles Darwin (botanist)|fr|Charles Darwin|de|Charles Darwin}}''' |
Charles Darwin (botanist) |
'''{{ill|nobold=1|Charles Darwin (botanist)|fr|Charles Darwin|de|Charles Darwin}}''' |
Charles Darwin (botanist) |
Italics and quotation marks[change source]
If the linked material should be in italics (e.g., it is a major work such as a film title), use |italic=y (or |italic=yes, etc.) to generate italic markup around the link but not around the square-bracketed inter-language links.{{ill|Un papillon sur l'épaule|fr|italic=y}} gives: Un papillon sur l'épaule
If the linked material should have quotation marks around it (e.g., it is a minor work such as a song title), use |quote=y (or |quote=yes, etc.) to generate them around the link, but not around the square-bracketed inter-language links, and not themselves part of the link. This only does double quotation marks: {{ill|Maman ne le sait pas|fr|quote=y}} gives: Maman ne le sait pas
If both are used, quotation marks will appear around an italicized title, without italicizing the quotation marks.
Vertical alignment[change source]
The vertical alignment of the interlanguage/Wikidata/Reasonator links can be altered by adding:
vertical-align=supto place the links in superscriptvertical-align=subto place the links in subscript
| Input | Output |
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{{ill|vertical-align=sup|Charles Darwin (botanist)|fr|Charles Darwin|de|Charles Darwin}} |
Charles Darwin (botanist) [fr; de] |
{{ill|vertical-align=sub|Charles Darwin (botanist)|fr|Charles Darwin|de|Charles Darwin}} |
Charles Darwin (botanist) [fr; de] |
Examples[change source]
{{ill|TC Matic|af|TC Matic|nl|TC Matic|fr|TC Matic|es|TC Matic}}gives TC Matic, because TC Matic exists here{{ill|TC Matic (band)|af|TC Matic|nl|TC Matic|fr|TC Matic|es|TC Matic}}gives TC Matic (band), because TC Matic (band) does not exist here{{ill|TC Matic (band)|af||nl||fr||es|}}gives TC Matic (band) – although shown in blue the interwiki links won't work because they default to the title "TC Matic (band)" which is wrong{{ill|TC Matic (band)|lt=TC Matic|af|TC Matic|nl|TC Matic|fr|TC Matic|es|TC Matic}}gives TC Matic – the text "TC Matic" now redlinks to "TC Matic (band)"{{ill|TC Matic|lt=TC Matic (band)|af|TC Matic|nl|TC Matic|fr|TC Matic|es|TC Matic}}gives TC Matic (band) – the text "TC Matic (band)" now links to "TC Matic" which exists
TemplateData[change source]
TemplateData for Interlanguage link
Link to other Wikipedias or Wikidata if an article in the English Wikipedia doesn't exist.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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| Article name | 1 | Name of the English Wikipedia page, or suggested name if the page does not exist | Page name | required |
| Link text | lt | Text displayed for the link to the English Wikipedia article, if not the same as the article title
| Line | suggested |
| 1st language code | 2 | Language code for the 1st page in another language | Line | suggested |
| 1st page | 3 | Title of the page in the 1st other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page
| Line | suggested |
| 2nd language code | 4 | Language code for the 2nd page in another language | Line | optional |
| 2nd page | 5 | Title of the page in the 2nd other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page
| Line | optional |
| 3rd language code | 6 | Language code for the 3rd page in another language | Line | optional |
| 3rd page | 7 | Title of the page in the 3rd other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page
| Line | optional |
| 4th language code | 8 | Language code for the 4th page in another language | Line | optional |
| 4th page | 9 | Title of the page in the 4th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page
| Line | optional |
| 5th language code | 10 | Language code for the 5th page in another language | Line | optional |
| 5th page | 11 | Title of the page in the 5th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page
| Line | optional |
| 6th language code | 12 | Language code for the 6th page in another language | Line | optional |
| 6th page | 13 | Title of the page in the 6th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page
| Line | optional |
| 7th language code | 14 | Language code for the 7th page in another language | Line | optional |
| 7th page | 15 | Title of the page in the 7th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page
| Line | optional |
| 8th language code | 16 | Language code for the 8th page in another language | Line | optional |
| 8th page | 17 | Title of the page in the 8th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page
| Line | optional |
| 9th language code | 18 | Language code for the 9th page in another language | Line | optional |
| 9th page | 19 | Title of the page in the 9th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page
| Line | optional |
| 10th language code | 20 | Language code for the 10th page in another language | Line | optional |
| 10th page | 21 | Title of the page in the 10th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page
| Line | optional |
| 11th language code | 22 | Language code for the 11th page in another language | Line | optional |
| 11th page | 23 | Title of the page in the 11th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page
| Line | optional |
| 12th language code | 24 | Language code for the 12th page in another language | Line | optional |
| 12th page | 25 | Title of the page in the 12th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page
| Line | optional |
| Wikidata item | WD | Wikidata item of the article. Replaces links to pages in other languages | Line | suggested |
| Reasonator | reasonator | If anything is set for this, there is a link to the Reasonator page for the Wikidata item (if there is a link to an item) or to a Reasonator search for the English Wikipedia article title (if there is no item link) | String | optional |
| Preserve | preserve display | If anything is set for this, forces links to pages in other languages and projects to always display even if the English Wikipedia article exists | String | optional |
| No bold (or italic) | nobold | Forces links to other-language pages, Wikidata and Reasonator and the link brackets to have non-bold or -italic text | String | optional |
| Italicize | italic italics | If anything is set for this, puts italicization markup around the text to be linked, without including the bracketed inter-language links within the italics | String | optional |
| Quote | quote quotes | If anything is set for this, puts double quotation marks around the text to be linked, without linking those marks and without including the bracketed inter-language links within them | String | optional |
Tracking categories[change source]
Category:Interlanguage link template existing link (262)
Redirects[change source]
After a merge discussion, five other templates were merged into this template, and thus this template contains all of their features.
- {{Interlanguage link}}
- {{Interlanguage link forced}}
- {{Interlanguage link multi}}
- {{Interlanguage link Wikidata}}
- {{Link-interwiki}}
- {{Red Wikidata link}}
See also[change source]
- {{Wikidata red link}} which provides some functionality similar to
|WD=in this template